Background Two criteria based on a 2 h 75 g OGTT are being used for the diagnosis of
gestational diabetes (GDM), those recommended over the years by the World Health …

Honey bee pollen is considered to be a food, and national pollen standards exist in different
countries such as Brazil, Bulgaria, Poland and Switzerland. It is the aim of the present work …

This review article focuses on pre-clinical and clinical studies with some selected Brazilian
medicinal plants in different areas of interest, conducted by research groups in Brazil and …

Context. We present the third data release of the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission,
Gaia DR3. This release includes a large variety of new data products, notably a much …

This study evaluated the anti-inflammatory properties of two sesquiterpenes isolated from
Cordia verbenacea's essential oil, α-humulene and (−)-trans-caryophyllene. Our results …

The quantum numbers of the X (3872) meson are determined to be JPC= 1++ based on
angular correlations in B+→ X (3872) K+ decays, where X (3872)→ π+ π− J/ψ and J/ψ→ μ+ μ−. …

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors and glycoinositolphospholipids (GIPLs) from
parasitic protozoa have been shown to exert a wide variety of effects on cells of the host innate …

The innate immune system plays a critical role in the defense of areas exposed to microorganisms.
There is an increasing body of evidence indicating that antimicrobial peptides and …

This chapter assesses climate-related risks in the context of Article 2 of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).{Box 19.1} Such risks arise from the …

How does the mammalian retina detect motion? This classic problem in visual neuroscience
has remained unsolved for 50 years. In search of clues, here we reconstruct Off-type …